Canvas Course Import Request – Educational Technology and Innovation

CCS Instructors and Staff: Use this form to request a content import from one Canvas course to another or from a Departmental course into your Canvas course(s).

Important for Departmental Course Copies:

All updates to the source course must be finalized before your requested import date.
To ensure a clean import, please remind your instructors not to add any content to their individual Canvas courses until after your chosen copy date.

Canvas Course Import Request Form

Requestor Name (your name)

First Name

Last Name

Instructor First and Last Name(s) – if not the requestor

Please include all instructors who will have content copied into their Canvas courses.

Select Your Content Source

A prior course I taught

A prior course taught by another instructor

Departmental course/template

Semester, Year, Course Name, Course Number, and Section to Import the Content From

Example: WINTER 2025 DIGITAL TECHNIQUES (DFN-119-A)

Semester, Year, Course Name, Course Number, and Section to Import the Content To

Example: WINTER 2026 DIGITAL TECHNIQUES (DFN-119-A)

Departmental Course/Template: Course Code, Name and Number

Example: Composition 1 (WRT-101)

Prior Instructor

We require permission from the instructor who previously taught the course. EdTech will reach out to this instructor on your behalf for copy approval. If the instructor is no longer at CCS, we will reach out to the Department Chair / Program Manager for copy approval.

Date to Import

If you select today’s date, it can take up to 2 business days for your content to be imported.

Special Notes for the EdTech Team

Example: Do not import assignments, I plan to create all new ones.

If you are human, leave this field blank.

Please contact edtech@ccsdetroit.edu for any questions or concerns.